We are still investigating the matter. The girl, who is below the age of 18, will also have to undergo a medical test to ascertain whether she may have been defiled.

The duo also spent the night in police cells with the girl being released yesterday to sit for her exams. Also recovered from the lodging by the detectives were packets of condoms and were taken as an exhibit.

The troubling part about the story is that the county this took place in is according to the Kenya Demographic Health Survey, the one with the highest statistics of teenage pregnancies in the country at 40 percent.